diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 90b3924071b..52f5ce4ca8b 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
 
 	hashdist=	[KNL,NUMA] Large hashes allocated during boot
 			are distributed across NUMA nodes.  Defaults on
-			for IA-64, off otherwise.
+			for 64bit NUMA, off otherwise.
 			Format: 0 | 1 (for off | on)
 
 	hcl=		[IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer